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In the Bible, there are numerous occasions where Paul mentions finding someone or being found in a place like Rome or parts of the Middle East. How did people in that time locate each other when traveling from great distances away?	2642
What and when was the last major city or region to speak Latin?	83
The U.S. is known for having large swaths of either uninformed voters, apathetic voters, or both. Has the U.S. always been this way? What was the average voter like in the first half of the 20th century?	33
In the times and places you study, were there ever any child/puppet child kings or emperors who managed to get through the puppet and manipulation phase, avoid death/being dethroned to become competent rulers in their own right?	19
Were there any Native tribes in what would become the U.S. and Canada that were notably more advanced technologically than their contemporaries?	15
What do we know of the dogs that were owned by notable figures of the Roman Republic/Western Empire? Do we know breeds, or names, how attached they were to their pets?	11
For a number of years, U.S. Presidents have had libraries created at the end of their final terms. Have any presidents had other symbolic structures built, arches, columns, walls, like the Romans did?	9
While I know most of Spartacus' army weren't gladiators, how do we think combat between the gladiators of his army fought soldiers?	6
How well-informed were the American colonists, politically speaking? Obviously the revolution is grounded in politics and economic concerns, but what did the average schlep know, and how strongly did they feel about it?	6
What do we know about the religion that predated Zoroastrianism in/around Iran?	3

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